Glossary - R

RABATO a ruff

RABBIT-SUCKER a weasel

RACE breed; inherited nature

RACK wreck

RACK to enhance the price of anything To drive as clouds

RAG a term of contempt applied to persons

RAKE to cover

RAPT transported with emotion

RAPTURE a fit

RASCAL a lean deer

RASH quick, violent

RATE opinion, judgment

RATE to assign, to value To scold

RATOLORUM a ludicrous mistake for Rotulorum

RAUGHT past tense of reach

RAVIN ravenous

RAVIN to devour

RAWLY inadequately

RAWNESS unprovided state

RAYED arrayed, served

RAZED slashed

REAR-MOUSE the bat

REBATE to deprive of keenness

REBECK a three-stringed fiddle

RECEIPT money received

RECEIVING capacity

RECHEAT a point of the chase to call back the hounds

RECORD to sing

RECORDER a flute

RECURE to cure, recover

RED-LATTICE suitable to an ale-house, because ale-houses had commonly red lattices

RED-PLAGUE erysipelas

REDUCE to bring back

REECHY smoky, dirty

REFELL to refute

REFER to reserve to

REGIMENT government

REGREET a salutation

REGREET to salute

REGUERDON requital

RELATIVE applicable

REMEMBER to remind

REMORSE pity

REMORSEFUL full of pity, compassionate

REMOTION removal

REMOVED sequestered, remote

RENDER to describe you

RENDER account

RENEGE to renounce, to deny

REPAIR to renovate, comfort

REPEAL to reverse the sentence of exile. Two Gentlemen of Verona

REPROOF confutation

REPUGN to resist

REQUIEM mass for the dead, so called because it begins with the words, Requiem eternam dona eis, Domine

RESOLVE to satisfy To dissolve

RESPECT consideration

RESPECTIVE respectful, thoughtful

RESPECTIVE corresponding

RESPECTIVELY respectfully

RETAILED handed down

RETIRE retreat

RETIRE to draw back

REVERB to echo

REVOLT a rebel

RIB to enclose as within ribs

RID to destroy

RIFT to split to split

RIFT a split

RIGGISH wanton

RIGOL a circle

RIPE drunk

RIVAGE the shore

RIVAL a partner

RIVALITY equal rank

RIVE to fire

ROAD the high road, applied to a common woman

ROISTING roistering, violent

ROMAGE unusual stir

RONVON a term of contempt applied to a woman

ROOD the crucifix

ROOK a cheater

ROPERY roguery

ROPE-TRICKS tricks such as are played by a rope-dancer

ROUND to whisper To become great with child to finish off

ROUND a diadem

ROUND unceremonious

ROUNDEL a dance or song

ROUNDURE an enclosure

ROUSE carousal

ROYNISH mangy

RUBIOUS ruddy

RUDDOCK the redbreast

RUSH to push

RUSHLING rustling